Practicing Benevolent Actions Takes Us to a Higher Place

Practicing Benevolent Actions Takes Us all To a Higher Place

Over the years, with all of life’s ups and downs. it’s been amazing to get back to realizing the importance of benevolent prayer. And, in getting back to that space where you know you are connected to a spiritual source.  It’s so easly to simply forget that connection when we need it the most.

I remember a time when my strongest belief was in my personal connection of my spirit to the universe.  It’s funny, how when really bad things happened, how I immediately wanted to be in that space that says “I am fine” but the true experience is doubt and frustration.  Afterall, I didn’t ask for the pain.  I didn’t ask for the disappointments. So why did they happen when all along I believed deeply in my connection to all things good.

Pretty soon, I stopped believing in my connection. 

There is nothing about me that shouts vunerability.  Or naiveté.  Yes, I do believe that when you ask you shall receive when the time is right.  I trust that you can ask for the best in the most outrageous outcomes and that all things are possible.  But the difficult reality is when things happen out of the blue.  Things you don’t expect done by people you trusted with your whole heart.  And those things impact you deeply.  How do you pick yourself up again?  Where do you start to reinvigorate that sense of spirit and of peace and belief.

Since I have gone from the heavens, down the rabbit whole, and back to a stable place, I believe I have a better strategy:

Forget the worry.
Forget the regret.
Embrace your spirit.
Ask for benevelant outcomes in all things.
Rely on your connection to the Universe.
And stop worrying.
Meditate. Pray.
Now, and forever.
Believe in the best for yourself.
And that is exactly what the world will provide to you.

Peace everyone,
Jeannette Barcelos Kravitz
Peace Journey Seven Paths to a Charmed Life

Respect to Mother Earth

I love the earth...

Today, as I looked outside my office window, onto the vast sea of beautiful architecture in Chicago's landscape and breathe in the cool, crisp fall air, I was drawn outside, for there was a big surprise, yet another cluster of green beans in a pot I planted earlier this year.  And several variety of mint for my favorite drink Mojitos, flourishing and growing all summer long, and looking as fresh as the day they were planted.


In my sweatshirt and yoga pants, I took it all in and was overwhelmed by a sense of gratefulness to be here at this time and place, enjoying the pace of the city outside my door while basking in the chill with plants that may not be around in month when the planet brings in it's fall chill and renewal winter.

So for this moment, I wanted to reach out to each of you and ask; "Do you love the earth, our home?"  Do you treasure as often as possible, the gifts of food and flowers, of sunrises and senses of sea, forests, mountains and deserts, and sunsets of vibrant color, put on each day and night as a gift from our planet and for our pleasure?  

I can only think at this moment how care for our earth just cannot simply be a political issue.    What matters is that we show love for Mother Earth in the way we care for her and nourish her existence, while not destroying the very important and essential elements that help her thrive and survive for herself, for all the animals and insects, the plants and fish and for each of us.

Climate change arguments have been raging for so long.  I am not a scientist.  But I know intuitively that without caring for something you love, it will not flourish and it will struggle to survive.  

Please, just give some thought to Mother Earth tonight, as you watch the sunset and again in the morning, as she graces us with her morning light.  And think about what we each can do to treat her with the love and respect she so deserves.   

Love and light   J. Barcelos